3.1 Curriculum
The curriculum of SDN 13 POASIA employs various learning areas/subjects and the learning hours are half of the day. Only in the morning each day from Monday to Saturday..
Based from the INDONESIAN BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM CURRENT CONTENT AND REFORM by Agus Dharma, PhD Board Member from Indonesia (http://www.ibe.unesco.org/curricula/indonesia/io_befw_2008_eng.pdf), it is indicated there the curriculum structure of both the Elementary and Junior High School as follows:
Curriculum Structure of Elementary and Junior High School Curriculum structure of elementary school includes learning content learned in six years education started from Grade I until Grade VI and three years at junior high school started from Grade VII to Grade IX. The curriculum structure is developed based on graduate competency standard and subjects competency standard by considering the following guidelines:
a. Elementary and junior school curriculum consists of 8 and 10 subjects consecutively, local content, and self development. Local content is curricular activities in order to develop competency adjusted with unique local characteristics and potential, including local advantages where the content cannot be clustered into the existing subjects. Local content is determined by individual educational unit (school or alike). Self development is not a subject that must be taught solely by teacher. Self development is intended to provide opportunity for learners to develop and express themselves corresponding to each learner’s need, talent, and interest. Self development activities could be facilitated by counselor, teacher, or other educational staffs that can be conducted in the forms of extra-curricular activities. Self development activities, among other things, can be performed through counseling services related to learners’ personal problems, social life, learning, and career development.
b. The content of natural and social science at elementary and junior high school is integrated natural and social science.
c. Learning process at Grade I, II, and III is conducted through thematic approach, while at Grade IV, V, and VI is carried out through subject approach.
d. Average learning hour for Grade I, II, and III is 27 and Grade IV, V, and VI is 32 a week, while average learning hour at junior high school is 32. Educational unit could add maximum 4 learning hours per week. The length of one learning hour is 35 minutes at elementary school and 40 minutes at junior high school.
f. Effective learning period in one year of schooling is 34-38 weeks for both elementary school and junior high school divided into two semesters.
3.2 Teaching plan related to my major
The lesson planning of the teachers in each subject somewhat follows the same procedures like ours in Philippines in which there's the learning competencies, objectives, content/subject matter, resources and materials, the first part of the lesson(preparation) then presentation and practice.
Due to language barrier among the students and teachers of the school, the teachers suggested that if possible I and my two companions will just make a brief lesson plan and it depends for us if we'll make it in their language or in English form for them to be able to easily understand it. Example is shown below:
(This was a brief lesson plan for my first teaching demonstration in the grade 6 class of SDN 13 Poasia)
